banders808

Thanks for that advice guys. Much appreciated.

Not sure if my viewing is serious enough yet to warrent a 150, however, it is food for thought and will depend on how much budget I can arrange.

Hello all,

I'm looking into upgrading my telescope. Currently I (My Daughter) has the Sky-watcher Heritage 76, and I have a Celestron Travel-scope 70. Both I have found to be fantastic for the backyard astronomy that me and my daughter do (On those rare cloudless UK nights).

I'm looking for something that would render a bit more detail and get closer in to the moon and planets but have the versatility for DSO.

I'd like to be able to piggy back the  travel-scope as a guide-scope or a camera for Astro-photography.

Looking at First Light Optics, I'm torn between the Sky-watcher Explorer 130M or the Skyhawk 1145P.

What are peoples thoughts on the above setup? Any other scopes I should/could consider?

Thanks in advance.

Phil